Death Note

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Death Note

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2017

1h 41m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.

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Critics Consensus

Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas.

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

Netflix's Death Note fails Asian-Americans in the more mundane way that most Hollywood releases continue to .

Aug 31, 2017

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Elena Lazic

Little White Lies

A project that feels both overdetermined and underdeveloped.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 29, 2017

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Clio Chang

The New Republic

Director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling.

Aug 28, 2017

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

Strikes the right balance between the grim, the grisly and the fun.

Rated: 3/5

May 2, 2024

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Ernesto Zelaya Miñano

ScreenAnarchy

This is probably the result of trying to cram an entire series in under two hours, which leads to a climax as convoluted as the Note’s seemingly endless rules.

Feb 3, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Wingard's lack of control over the material seems unlike his work, and yet the uneven result speaks for itself.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 17, 2022

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Desmond S

While Ryuk and the actor who played him was good but, the entire movie was absolute garbage by far the worst live adaptation movie I have ever seen

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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yuri s

Cosa cazzo ho appena visto

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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Charlynn T

As someone who really enjoyed the anime, this movie disappointed me every step of the way. Story line has changed, things were added and left out and none of the actors seem to match up with the characters.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Piotr B

OK, I understand that it is impossible to translate the plot of the anime into a 100 minute movie, but that doesn't change the fact that the film is spread out by the characters, or rather the misunderstanding of them, what was best in the anime was the duel between kira and L, who were some - in this movie they are just logs with the same names and that's it. You don't have to translate the plot literally (I would even be in favor of changing and shortening the plots), but if interesting characters have been replaced with idiots, nothing will help... To sum up + visually not bad -CHARACTERS!!!! -shallow dramaturgy -misrepresentation of RYJUKA - even the plots that were not in the anime, and appeared in the film, were not properly developed. If you watch anime - don't make mistake and don't watch it, if you dosen't watch anime- just watch to see haw really interesting and brilliant is "Death Note" becouse in this movie is less than 10 % oryginal

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Diego B

Shitty movie, it makes his own story but is too much of everything there nothing good except ryuk, william defoe peak actor

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Filippos S

I lost some precious time of my life.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/25

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Synopsis

A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.

Director: Adam Wingard
Producer: Jason Hoffs, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka
Screenwriter: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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